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Hillary Clinton was not prosecuted, for anything, nor was she charged for anything. Regarding the campaign fund violation, her campaign was fined $8000 by the F
by brigandish 4y ago
Hillary Clinton was not prosecuted, for anything, nor was she charged for anything. Regarding the campaign fund violation, her campaign was fined $8000 by the FEC and the DNC was fined too. As the article states:
> The Clinton campaign agreed to a civil penalty of $8,000
It really helps to know the difference between civil, criminal, charge, prosecution and indictment when reading such things, and to keep note of who is being charged etc by whom.
Regarding the email server farrago, she was not prosecuted for that either. As this helpful article[0] comparing the raids on Mar-a-Lago to the email stuff points out:
> So prosecutors decided "there was no basis" to charge Clinton or her aides, the inspector general said.
and
> "The biggest difference right now between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump" is that with Clinton, "we know there was no prosecution -- that ship has sailed,"
The NYT article also backs this up by not mentioning any charge, indictment or prosecution. I certainly didn't notice it. Hillary Clinton is mentioned once.
> Some Democrats pointedly recalled Trump supporters’ calls during the 2016 election for Hillary Clinton, then the Democratic presidential nominee, to be arrested.
> “Those lock her up chants that people were chanting like hyenas in a stadium around the country were never funny,” Representative Jared Moskowitz, a Florida Democrat, said in a Twitter post. “Perhaps they now understand why.”
That's it.
[0] https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbis-trump-investigation-hillary-clinton-email-probe-heres/story?id=89069046 https://abcnews.go.com/US/fbis-trump-investigation-hillary-c...
- lisasays 4y agoWhich felony-class (or other criminal) violations, specifically, do you maintain that Clinton should have been indicted for?
- brigandish 4y agoWhere did I write that she should've been indicted? I didn't. Thanks for taking the time to properly read my comments in future.
- lisasays 4y agoYour exact words were, "I'm all for prosecuting Trump and Clinton." Don't try to take it back now.
- brigandish 4y agoa) That's not a should. b) It's an example of lack of discrimination, not a wish or obligation to have them prosecuted - I'm all for prosecuting Trump and Clinton. I could've written Biden or Pelosi, or Clinton B. c) You're tumbling in the weeds now. My advice, you mucked up in your reading - of the article you mentioned and of my comments - and you're clearly finding it hard to deal with having that pointed out. Just take it, learn from it, and move on. Arguing about it like I care about Republicans or Trump isn't going to get you anywhere. It's certainly not going to magic up anything that matches what's happening to Trump, like a charge for Hillary.
- sanderjd 4y agoGood info!